Books mentioned on The Diary Of A CEO

79 books from the 72 episodes we have processed, ranked by how many episodes they came up in. Sponsor reads are left out. How we check

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   Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

   by James Clear · 2 episodes

   “You speak to Olympic athletes, they do the exact same thing. That's what I was thinking of. I was thinking of seeing who was Sir David Brownsford, who's the guy quoted in the first chapter of Atomic Habits, turning the British cycling team around, marginal gains. Beautiful. He's a good friend of mine on and off camera. And everyone knows about the marginal gains idea, focus on the smallest things.”

   Neuroscientist Dr Sahar Yousef: How to Break Phone Addiction and Focus · 15/10/2026 · at 1:15:44

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   If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All

   by Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nate Soares · 2 episodes

   “I mean, Nate Sorias, Eliezer Yukowski, who wrote If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies, they tried and they determined based on their own analysis that it seems extremely difficult, possible, but extremely difficult.”

   AI Safety Researcher Jeffrey Ladish: Why We're Losing Control of AI · 08/10/2026 · at 1:25:30

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   Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination

   by Karen Hao · 2 episodes

   “But these two authors are trying to. You quote, retweeted that tweet from Sam Altman, and you said, the unnamed book, Empire of AI, is mine. Do you believe that tweet from Sam Altman was in reference to your book?”

   Most Replayed Moment: How AI Companies Are Gaslighting You - Karen Hao · 23/10/2026 · at 15:48

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   Man's Search for Meaning

   by Viktor Emil Frankl · 2 episodes

   “And, you know, the trees hadn't changed. I changed. Victor Frankl talks about this in the book, Man's Search for Meaning, right? He was a Holocaust survivor. Yeah. And somehow he came out of that experience and was able to put a lot of definition around finding meaning.”

   Hospice Doctor Christopher Kerr: What Matters Most at the End of Life · 19/10/2026 · at 1:14:56

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   Our Own Worst Enemies: America in the Age of Violent Populism

   by Robert A. Pape · 2 episodes

   “But I think you might have just answered it. I think I did. You have this wonderful book that's out now, Our Own Worst Enemies, America in the Age of Violent Populism. You're someone that's so incredibly well read, decades and decades and decades of the most interesting experience.”

   Iran War Expert: The 8 Most Dangerous Weeks Begin Now, A Cyberattack Could Knock Out The Internet! | Prof Robert Pape · 05/11/2026 · at 1:22:06

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   The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail

   by Clayton M. Christensen · 2 episodes

   “So, you know, I think back through the history of technological breakthroughs and I think about, I mean, you can look at different industries. And one of my favorite books on this subject is The Innovator's Dilemma. I've read it. And one of the things it talks about is how the innovation that ends up taking out or transforming an industry often starts worse, doesn't make economic sense.”

   The Man Who Calls BS On AI: AI Is The World’s Greatest SCAM, And They All Know It! | Ed Zitron · 27/08/2026 · at 19:42

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   Nine Lives, No Wives, and 69 Concubines

   by Katt Williams · 1 episode
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   Conversation: How to Connect with Anyone & Make Every Interaction Count

   by Vanessa Van Edwards · 1 episode

   “So I want you to have a plan, but I also want you to be dynamic with it. Like both can be true. Vanessa, of all the things that we have discussed, is there anything we haven't talked about that we should have talked about that appears within your new book, Conversation, How to Connect with Anyone and Make Every Interaction Count?”

   Vanessa Van Edwards: The Conversation Habit That Makes Smart People Unlikable · 10/09/2026 · at 2:19:18

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   Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe

   by Brian Greene · 1 episode

   “these kinds of things. But in the book Until the End of Time, I tried to give the reader a sense of how we got here. But I also then turned to the future and tried to give them a sense of what we'll be if we go arbitrarily far into the future.”

   Top Scientist REVEALS: We Invented Heaven, God Is A Human Invention! | Prof Brian Greene · 17/08/2026 · at 1:56:45

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